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Old 11-24-13, 11:11 PM
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Default What's the stiffest spring rates people are running?

What are some of the stiffest spring rates some of you are running on coilovers? I'm ordering another set of BCs with Swifts and want to go stiffer than PBM spring rates but not too crazy.
Old 11-25-13, 10:35 AM
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Haha I'm going to order a stiffer setup too, looking at 26/24 right now.
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Yea that's what I was thinking too around mid 20s front and rear..
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i remember someone running around 30k
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I am also curious about if you will be going with the "super low" option when ordering your new bc's?
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You guys must have so aerospace insulation seats because those rates on a slammed car will juggle your kidneys! 326power drift coupes and some of their sedans run 30k and up spring rates.

http://www.326power.co.jp/category/16/

I was really looking at these when I was choosing coilovers for my setup. I remember talking with them last year when they were thinking about producing them for the jzz## chassis. They can do ANY setup you want!
I ended up going with the PBM 18/12 setup. Plenty stiff IMHO.
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Yeah 326 is all about super slammed and not bottoming out lol expensive jdm stuff
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Japan also has very smoothe roads that'll put any US road/highway/street to shame. You'd regret every second of it having spring rates that high once u drive it down the block.
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It's funny when people think the roads in Japan are all nice and smooth. I know people that live there and they have sent pics. They are far from being nice lol. It's a little better in the city's. And the cars over there running 326 Power are more like 70K spring rates.
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Yea 70kg/mm=zero suspension travel u hit a pebble and ur **** is going airborn lol slammed car lifestyle coilovers vs airbags
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Pardon me Calitri I must be a little biased since I live in pothole and bump central nyc lol im sure vegas roads are nice and smoothe
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